Upcoming Events
Queer Development Program Showcase
PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PACT CENTRE FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
Your chance to see fresh new work-in-progress from some of so-called Australia’s most dynamic queer artists working across performance, drag, dance, poetry, film, parties and everything in between.
PACT House: Crip Rave Theory
Announcing…
CRIP RAVE THEORY, your favourite club night outside the club returns to PACT in May, 2025!
PACT House: Flip The Script
Come through for an afternoon of hip-hop, street dance, music and community.
PACT Presents: Papers from The Citadel
World Premiere
Papers from the Citadel began as a series of writings made when Adeeb left Syria for Lebanon during the civil war. In solitude, as he wrote more and more, the Citadel and its characters became his inner sanctum.
PACT UNDERGROUND: CARNIVOROUS
Hosted by ZSA ZSA, CARNIVOROUS Issue 2 presents: Louisa, Anouk, Marumaru and Mona Mule.
PACT House: Full Circle
A one-day festival of arts and community, curated by Lucky Lartey.
Full Circle is a dynamic, intergenerational celebration of Africa and African Diaspora arts, featuring dance, music, visual arts, film, and traditional African games.
PACT House: Koori Khristmas Party
Hosted by Instagram’s favorite Koori sensation, Isaac Compton, this year’s Koori Kristmas Party is a celebration you won’t want to miss.
Join us for a night of music, joy, and resilience —by mob, for mob, and all allies in between.
In The Works | PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment.
Join us at PACT on Friday 22nd of November for In The Works.
In The Works is an opportunity for our 8 PACT Lab: Process, Play, Experiment (PPE) artists to share the works they have developed during their residency.
EOIs Close: Call out for Associate Artists
As part of PACT’s 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, we are calling for Expressions of Interest from mid-career artists to form our new cohort of Associate Artists from 2025.
PACT UNDERGOUND: Ripple Effect
Stick around after our Hyperlocal: Block Party to catch PACT Underground: Ripple Effect.
60 Years Young Exhibition
To celebrate 60 years of PACT, we ventured into the Archive Room and PACT’s digital archive to bring you a multimedia exhibition of posters, photographs and footage that forms a tapestry of connection and partnership, from PACT’s founding in 1964 up until today
HYPERLOCAL: BLOCK PARTY
Celebrate our 60th Birthday with us at Hyperlocal: Block Party.
A free celebration of community and street artistry with an all-star line up.
EOIs Close | PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment
PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment (PPE) is PACT’s full-time, two-week lab intensive that will support eight emerging artists in building their skills, experimenting with form and evolving their craft to its next stage. If you've been waiting for an opportunity to explore performance-making tools, methods and practices in a collaborative environment led by the PACT Artistic Directorate and alongside acclaimed guest facilitators... then PPE is for you!
SYDNEY FRINGE RETURNS TO PACT
Sydney Fringe Festival will take over our PACT space for the month of September.
After four successful seasons, the beloved ‘Made In Sydney’ program returns to PACT. This year’s lineup features two sensational Sydney-made works and six award-winning shows from the 2023 Sydney Fringe Awards. Join us as we roll out the red carpet for these rising stars, ready to captivate you with their talent and creativity.
DIRTYFEET: EMERGING MAKERS STUDIO SHARING
DirtyFeet Emerging Makers studio sharing will showcase the cumulative findings from the DirtyFeet Emerging Makers masterclass.
This event is open to friends, family, and industry guests, and is hosted in partnership with the PACT Centre for Emerging Artists.
PACT UNDERGROUND: BACCHANTS
Psychedelic, improvised and interactive.
Explore the line between what is right and what feels good.
Bacchants is a live performance that experiments with the push and pull between learned behaviour and human nature. Some parts are live-scored, some parts are purely performance-based and all are encouraged to let loose and interact.
PACT Presents: The Changelings
PACT presents The Changelings, a new full-length experimental autobiographical performance about bisexuality, Christianity, and becoming your mother.
PACT hosts...Happy Hour Plus! 2024
ReadyMade Works and PACT are thrilled to announce the second iteration of our partnered performance program: ‘PACT HOSTS…HAPPY HOUR PLUS!’ 2024
Queer Development Program Showcase
Presented by Performance Space and PACT, your chance to see fresh new work-in-progress from some of so-called Australia’s most dynamic queer artists working across performance, poetry, film, dance, protest, parties and everything in between.
SOLD OUT - Marcus Whale: Ecstasy Album Launch
Marcus Whale launches Ecstasy at PACT. Explore losing the boundaries of the self through mystified desire and the mystical ritualism of the rave and the club.
NEW SHOW ADDED! Marcus Whale: Ecstasy Album Launch
Marcus Whale launches Ecstasy at PACT. Explore losing the boundaries of the self through mystified desire and the mystical ritualism of the rave and the club.
Double Bill with Lacey Bilger and Hugo Poulet
Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub and PACT Centre for Emerging Artists present: Double Bill with Lacey Bilger and Hugo Poulet. Two exhilarating new dance works by up-and-coming choreographers, bringing the voices of a fresh new generation of dance makers. One show only!
PACT Underground PRESENTS: SONNET AND THE BREADBOYS
Sonnet and The Breadboys are celebrating the release of their second single “and we’re women”, a sombre statement on the depressing double standards for women today. Join us for PACT Underground on the 29th March, dressed in your most scandalous funeral attire and mourn with them the great tragedies of being a woman.
HyperLocal: Erko Then and Now
We're hosting the return of PACT's HYPERLOCAL series in 2024, starting with "Erko Then and Now " – a celebration of Erskineville's past, present, and future. Join us for music, panel discussions, contemporary performances and more. Register your FREE attendance below.
ArtCamp in the Village @PACT Party!
Pact Party will be hosting Village Works’ enchanting ArtCamp in the Village! Come along to unleash your creativity and celebrate the magic of your imagination. Limited spots available so register now!
Practise Access Practice Gallery
Practise/Access/Practice brings together a group of artists to form a Knowledge Circle of peers working with disability and accessibility as core parts of their artmaking. The finished works from our P/A/P knowledge circle now reside in our White box. You can drop by our Erskineville warehouse to view these inspiring pieces for yourself!
PACT Party!
We’re farewelling 2023 with a bang! PACT is kicking off our 2024 Diamond Jubilee year with a day of live music, performances, local DJs, a gallery exhibition, a barbecue, drinks and plenty more. Register your free attendance today!
PACT Underground: The Golden Mile
Join us this Friday from 6:30pm as our iconic Erskineville warehouse venue opens up for PACT UNDERGROUND, a live music event curated by PACT back of house technician and artist Milo McLaughlin, and celebrating the release of their debut single ‘The Golden Mile'. Performing alongside Milo will be fellow PACT technician Zsa Zsa Guylay and prolific local songsmith Griffin Ford.
Practise Access Practice
Practice Access Practice is a new PACT residency program, which aims to support artists to gather, share their practices and explore how to centre access in the way we make, think and relate to others.
The artists: Alex Craig, Cynthia Florek, Daley Rangi, Digby Webster, Jacqui O’Reilly, M. Sunflower and Savanna Stimson.
Aberdeen by Cassie Workman
Aberdeen is coming to PACT! A dark and surreal biography of Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen incorporates time travel, and the supernatural, to weave an epic love poem for the fallen icon. Award-winning writer, Cassie Workman, takes a journey through Washington, Grunge, Life, Death, and Salvation, in this heartbreaking homage to one of our most beloved musicians. Showing October 18-20.
Sydney Fringe comes to PACT!
The Fringe take over is here, and our venue is as PINK as it’s ever been. Check out the upcoming shows being hosted by PACT by hitting the button below.
PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment
Play Process Experiment (PPE) is PACT’s full-time, two-week lab intensive that will support eight emerging artists-in-residence to develop new performance work.
Join us on Friday 1 September from 4:00 pm, to witness 8 talented emerging artists present a showing inspired by their experience at our PACT Lab: Play, Process, Experiment workshops.